11 December 2025
Cinema in Absentia - The New Christmas Canon
by Conor McCarthyDrink and be miserable, it’s time for UN-Happy Christmas movies Aguirre I - Popol Vuh (Aguirre The Wrath of God dir. Werner Herzog) Cork Christmas dir. Conal Creedon Schumann - Opus 44, E-Flat, Piano Quintet (Fanny and Alexander dir. Ingmar Bergman) Jocelyn Pook - Masked Ball (Eyes Wide Shut dir. Stanley Kubrick) Jerskin Fendrix - Finale and End Credits (Poor Things dir. Yorgos Lanthimos) Geoff and Maria Muldaur - Brazil (Brazil dir. Terry Gilliam) Sid Vicious - My Way (Goodfellas dir. Martin Scorsese) Daniel Bart - O Nyghtegale (The Green Knight dir. David Lowery) King Curtis - A Whiter Shade of Pale (Withnail & I dir. Bruce Robinson) Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian - Forbidden Colours (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence dir. Nagisa Oshima)
